A combinação de frota própria e frota terceirizada na redução de custos: um estudo em uma empresa de cosméticos de Belo Horizonte

Abstract

This paper addresses the issue of transportation logistics, focusing on the combination of fleet and fleet outsourcing. The objective is to analyze the advantages and disadvantages of the strategy of combining its own fleet and fleet outsourcing, in a national cosmetics company, the Kanechom, located in the city of Belo Horizonte. The research methodology was qualitative descriptive literature and through case study. Data collection was done through a form, filled out by the author herself, to the part of the team in the transportation sector of the company studied. The form covered issues of appointment of reasons to opt for a combination of fleet outsourcing, advantages and disadvantages of each modality, bottlenecks related to fixed costs and variable costs considered important for calculating the costs of transportation. Among the results highlighted the combination of fleet and outsourcing company in research allows the optimization of its own fleet in order to reduce fixed and variable costs, focus on the company's business, service excellence, competitive advantage in the market, streamlining the administrative structure; release working capital; flexibility and streamlining of services and pre-established costs, compliance with the exceptions with our own fleet, sending contractors to longer distances.